Summary of Final Decisions
Issued by the
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
June 2-6, 1997
Type Proceeding
Date of or Party/
Issued Case (1) App'n No. Parties
6-3 EX 74/494,266 Micom Com-
EX 74/495,088 munications
Corp.
6-3 EX 74/589,336 Fusion Lighting,
Inc.
6-3 EX 74/534,896 Bacardi & Co.
Ltd.
6-3 EX 74/294,182 Indian Nation
Leather Co.
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(d) Refusal "MICROBAND"
Affirmed and "MICROBAND
(in both ATM"
cases) [both marks for
apparatus for wide
area network
telecommunications
systems using cell
relay and frame
relay technologies
to manage a com-
bination of voice,
synchronous and
asynchronous data
and local area
network (LAN) data
from different
multiplexers in a
network to main-
tain a high effi-
ciency in the net-
work over a wide
range of variable
line rates]
2(e)(1) Refusal "S LAMP"
Affirmed [electric light
bulbs and lamps]
2(e)(3) Refusal "HAVANNA STYLE"
Affirmed [rum]
2(a) Refusal "INDIAN NATION
[false sug- Reversed LEATHER CO."
gestion of a (and design)
connection]; [wholesale dis-
whether use tributorship and
in commerce mail-order
is unlawful services for
[under Fed. equestrian
Indian Arts equipment]
and Crafts
Act]
Mark and
Goods of Registration Recommended
Cited by for
Examining Atty. Publication
"MICROBAND" No
(and design)
[telecommunication
services]
No
No
No
(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION